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Pope Francis has sent a video message to the young people of Canada gathered to prepare for the Synod of Bishops 2018, inviting them to build bridges through social communications, without letting their youthful enthusiasm for the Gospel be snuffed out

Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil was elected President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) at the end of September. He spoke to Vatican Radio about the main points discussed during the recent plenary and about his vision for the coming years.

Faith leaders in Canada are calling for a concrete response to famines in South Sudan, Yemen, northeast Nigeria and Somalia. The appeal was issued by Catholic Bishops together with other Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and Baha’i faith leaders.